Jacqueline Goldfinger is an award-winning playwright, poet, and librettist who grew up in rural North Florida with a love of music and storytelling. Her passion for sharing stories with humor and hope has taken her around the world from The Kennedy Center in the United States to the Sydney Opera House in Australia and points in-between. In 2025, Routledge will release a second edition of her popular book Playwriting with Purpose: A Guide and Workbook for Playwrights.